This is Leah's aqua-slate, sleek, mid-century style sofa. It started off looking like a 1962 floral prom dress. And now it is the belle of the ball! She has welting/piping in the same fabric {called self-welt}, giving it a finished, tailored look. She has painted the stackable tables in front...one mustard yellow, one gray and the other is a natural dark wood that she has placed near her sitting chair {see pics below}.

She teamed ikat and chevron patterns, giving this otherwise traditional look an updated POP of sass. And check out her cool chunk of wood lamp.

Here is her fabulous and adventuresome chair. She txt me as she was picking out these fabrics...they are gorgeous. A little gray, a little mustard, a little cream and a little aqua thrown in here and there, coordinating them to make a splash on her chair. She also painted the dresser to give it some charcoal gray chalkpaint lovin'.

I love this dresser. She framed the TV on the dresser by hanging a shelf, mirror and picture frames/shadow box- clustering the tv so it doesn't stand out visually against the wall.

Ikat, chevron and the welting/piping and tufted buttons on the chair are the aqua fabric from the sofa. And don't you just love the little stackable cube table?

Here you see a close-up of her chair. See the aqua contrast welting/piping?

Don't you just love this OWL pillow? So, you think it's from Anthropologie, no? NO. Leah found it at SteinMart. Just goes to show you that you should have your eyes open everywhere. Don't be a label snob. Look for bargains everywhere. You never know when and where you'll find something that could be just the right thing to MAKE your room.

Back and side of the chair chevron awesomeness. Leah had wanted to be bold and mix up the patterns from the front to the back. And it really makes a statement from the side. But as a tip for your upholstery projects: unfortunately, her upholsterer

zigged when he should have zagged and didn't match the seams

in the pattern. Leah forgave him...you live and you learn. She knew and assumed that most professional upholsterers would

have matched the pattern, but when you're paying someone

don't assume. Spell it out. It wasn't a deal breaker on her love match with her fast, budget friendly and pick up+delivery upholsterer... but this is an excellent example of discussing details, whether you are paying someone to reupholster for you or whether you are planning to tackle it yourself, always remember to match up patterns as closely as possible... especially with a bold geometric print or stripe.

If you are a novice upholsterer and you are just starting out a few of your own projects, I would recommend using a solid fabric for your first few projects.